Juubee Ninpuuchou

The similarities between Basilisk and Ninja Scroll, which are so obvious in terms of the ninja superpowers that one could almost argue plagiarism, are down to Ninja Scroll being a homage by its director/creator (Kawajiri) towards 'The Kouga Ninja Scrolls'--the novel that Basilisk would later adapt. Kawajiri added his own story and distinctive style to Ninja Scroll but, since both anime are centered around fights where ninja use very similar / often the same supernatural skills, it's easy to mix them up. As an example, doomed love is the key theme in both. In Ninja Scroll the heroine kills any man she kisses/sexy time with (which is a power a character in Basilisk also has, though not the main love interest) since her body is poison, which is a wee bit of problem when she spends the film bonding with its male lead! In Basilisk it's in the form of a Romeo & Juliet forbidden love between warring ninja clans. Also: the big bad in both anime just happens to be an evil immortal guy that doesn't die when he's killed. Just 'cause.  read more 

Ninja ninja ninja and more ninja :) 

About ninjas =) And love. Blood and nudity ^^' 

Ninja style with mature content cool fights and detailed characters. Be sure to check it out! 

Basilisk and Ninja Scroll are both about Ninja's and Samurai. They also both have a relatively similar techniques and abilities. 

Both anime involve ninja's and a love story. It's a hard world so a lot of blood will be shed. In both anime are some weird characters with weird powers. 

"Ninja Scroll" movie shows a lot of affinities with "Basilisk": about characters (especially Kagero, then Genma/Tenzen, Yurimaru/Yashamaru, Mujuro/Hyoma etc.); scenary (Tokugawa period, the presence of Koga clan etc.); ninja combat's techniques. Moreover, both of them are realized magnificently. 

They both contain supernatural "ninja powers". In some cases the same ones. They are both fantasy martial -art 

Ninja shows with lots of the same special techniques and lots of kills and blood. 

Both movies develop in a dark ambience, great fights, characters, enemies, and with a moderate dose of romance. The art in both movies is also similar. 

Both have dark & suitable atmosphere, gore, good fights, bit of romance, same director Yoshiaki Kawajiri, great movies for mature audience. 

both are violent edgy series with lots of chaos and hectic moments as well as stylish visuals and art as well too.  

Movies set in a dark fantasy version of our world filled with warriors, monsters, beautiful women, and supernatural powers. Worth it for the top-notch animation and tons of visual style and amazing fight scenes. Vampire Hunter D takes place in the distant post-apocalyptic future while Juubee Ninpuuchou takes place in feudal Japan. 

These old movies are animated by the same studio and directed by the same man, for whom it should be said that his style is dark. Both mix fantasy elements with a dark atmosphere and horror, thus making them fall into dark fantasy territory. Also, they mix both tragical and romantic elements. 

Their both movies animated by Madhouse and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, they both have similar violent action scenes with fantasy/supernatural elements While Vampire Hunter D takes place in a post apocalyptic word Ninja Scroll takes place in feudal Japan 

They both have : - simple but good story - great battle scenes - awesome protagonist 

Similar animation, but completely different ambientation 

If you liked one, you owe it to yourself to watch the other. Both films deftly blend horror and action elements with slick, highly detailed animation, fast pacing, and clever dialogue. The plots and characters are, likewise, quite similar. Perhaps the biggest difference is the more fleshed out antagonist and somewhat more thought-provoking plot of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. 

if you like samurai movies this may be a good pick too 

'Ninja Scroll' and 'Sword of the Stranger' are both movies that feature gory, over-the-top action with fantastic art and animation. If you feel like seeing a ronin battle his way through a group of diverse antagonists then you can't go wrong with either of them. Fun fact: Koichi Yamadera plays in both movies; though he's the hero in one and the villain in the other. 

The graphics are somewhat the same but the storylines are different besides the fact that the lone swordsman is helping a female in one while the other is a boy and his dog 

The events of both anime take place in feudal Japan, focusing on ninja and samurai. Both have a travelling vagabond for a main character, who agrees to complete a certain task. These anime focus mostly on action and violent battles, usually pitting the main character against stronger opponents. 

Both follow the journey of Ronin swordsmen (Ninja Scroll contains some unsettling sexual content, not suited for innocent souls). 

If you want to watch a samurai anime Ninja Scroll (Juubee Ninpuuchou) is what you are looking for. Although it was released in 1993, the animations are still good enough. It doesn't have the best story or characters, yet its atmosphere and fights make it fun to watch. 

Both movie follows a ninja who works alone 

Ninja Scroll is a classic among anime movies, and has an interesting plot and series of twists that makes it fresh even today. References within the movie itself stay obscure, and it has this subtle flair about it that reminds me of Afro Samurai (or rather, Afro Samurai reminded me of this). They both complement each other to fans, while still being exotically unique and fresh in their own right.  

The main thing those anime got in common is the samurai theme and thus the fighting. They're both aimed at the same focus group but ninja scroll goes a bit further with the sexual parts. Afro Samurai on the other hand has more of that dark humor and though talk while Ninja Scroll is a bit more serious. All in all you can consider Afro Samurai as the more modern type of anime while Ninja Scroll is a typical classic type of anime. 

Ninjas, Bloodshed and quality animation. 

Similar narrative structure, and action sequences. Both decent, yet ultimately superficial. Both a tier below a series like Samurai Champloo. 

Juubee Ninpuuchou and Afro Samurai are similar to each other due to both anime showing off high levels of intense bloody violence, feature a very likeable badass swordsman as the main character, how they have very stylish animation and aesthetically pleasing art styles for their own individual times. Both anime are popularly known in the anime community because of how influential they are and the positive reception resulted in the creation of sequels for both anime. 

both share stylish ultra violent action,art,character designs,supernatural settings and cool quirky characters as well too. 

Old school samurai anime. Very similar dark colour palettes with exaggerated blood splatters. Neither of them are grounded in reality as the enemies have strange abilities. Lots of violence with the main character being at the centre of it all. 

Monsters and lots of blood and organs flying around. A main char who wields a big ass sword. And the nudity it contains (mild). this might not be your cup of tea. but i recommend watching it anyway. It's like ninja scroll but more extreme. 

Lot of blood, lot of real good fighting scenes and action, lot of interesting characters - this is one of those titles which are considered classics. Think of it as MUSTSEE if you want to know seinen's origins.  

Both are great classical and memorable action anime. Lots of gore, medieval setting mixed with supernatural, demons, sword fights and adult content. 

Both series are really old and feature gore, demons/monsters and nudity. You would pretty much categorize these as "adult only" and both are really fit for people who are fans of the GAR genre. 

Both are gritty action anime from the 90s with plenty of gore and nudity. They also contain gripping storylines involving a lone wolf protagonist adjusting to a group. Despite being gritty and somewhat realistic, they also have supernatural elements. 

Both the anime have the old school anime style or drawings Both are dark , gore and awesome  

In both anime main characters are samurai.Both have a lot of action and violence.Both have a romantic story with dramatic ending. 

Both anime's are a bit older (nineties). Both the main characters are samurai's and meet a woman during the story. Both anime's are quite serious and got action, violence and bloodshed. The differences are more or less that ninja scroll has some more nudity and contains a slightly more humor. Also do Ninja Scroll and Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen have some sort of sequel (series) but that's quite irrelevant for these stories. 

Both are extremely gripping tales of love, loss and revenge that focus on a master swordsman with a habit for stabbing the crap out of everyone he meets. 

Both storyline is in feudal japan(mainly in EDO), Swirling swords & awesome fighting techniques were u expect too see bloodshed and ripped clothing, TOPNOTCH animationstyle wich in both is one of a kind! from back in the days! 

Sword for Truth, despite coming out a few years earlier, feels like a cheap, budget version of the infinitely better Ninja Scroll. So much of the style of Sword for Truth feels similar, and even a few scenes feel incredibly similar. Watching one definitely reminded me of the other. 

Both Sword for truth 'n' Ninja Scroll are action-packed anime with lots of katanas, sex 'n' blood. Too often Sword for truth is bullied 'n' compared to Ninja scroll, as if this isn't a worthy anime as an absolute. Rather, if one watches with a revisionist eyes, this surely also is genius. Yeah, Sword for truth is inconsistent, but that is why it's good. Thee concept of "perfection" in anime is a vastly overrated (& incredibly overstated) rather, imperfection is what defines art. Thee Anime has forced me to reevaluate many of my established mental constructs, showing me thee noble "success" that can be found in the midst of "failure'',or thee aching "beauty" of "ugliness''. I don't konsider Sword for truth to be inferior to Ninja scroll. I'll fight thee canon 'n' admit my love for this abused anime read more 

This is possibly the easiest, & cheapest "recommendation" I could make. But if you were stupid enough to torture yourself by watching this gross filth like I was. Then you should watch Ninja Scroll to remind yourself of what a movie with effort put into it is supposed to look like. I'm not even a big fan of Ninja Scroll either, but I've gained a new-found appreciation for it after watching Sword for fucking Truth 

It took me a while to make the connection because I watched these two animes roughly 10 years apart from each other, but on second thought the only difference between the two is Shigurui is more drawn out (being a TV series) than Ninja Scroll, and it's samurai based action vs. ninjas. Both animes feature plenty of action, political background development, dark tones, gruesome deaths, and gratuitous sex scenes sprinkled throughout. 

They both have a similar style and are also twisted, perverted, bloody, and gory. 

Although "Shigurui" does not have people with supernatural abilities, these two have a lot in common. The first thing you would notice they share is that they both involve samurai. They are set in approximately same historic period (sorry if this is a mistake) where strength and honor are respected above all other things. There is not much dialogue and are no jokes or comic situations. But there is a lot of blood, occasional scenes with mild nudity and a lot of brutal deaths. 

Blood Reign and Ninja Scroll are really similar in terms of both the style of animation used for the action scenes, all of the blood & gore, as well as the type of story it tells, with a romance between a male & female ninja, both fighting off different kinds of demons. 

Questing ninja has to fight demonic monster of the day. Romance between a male and a female ninja. Similar story and degree of gore and violence. Ninja Scroll had an actual budget and is better. 

Similar feeling of a not-overpowered MC barely scraping by in harder and harder fights against powerful ninja/samurai/. 

both are considered as de Creme de la creme of samurai anime, by time setting( edo) , clans, fighting skills , gore, violent swordfights ect. also it very reflects about how japan was in the tokugawa era!  

Both share the same production team members and also both are pretty violent stories around blackmail to save the day as well too and stylish art that still holds up well too. 

Lone powerful samurai defeating new opponents He is trying to protect a girl Battles are hard and story is serious Edo japan setting Both are underrated animes worth to watch 

Ninja Scroll and Black Lion are very similar in both content and execution. Both are set in feudal Japan and feature ninja characters. Both anime are quite action-packed, with a lot of violence and gore, creating a similar tone and mood. Also, the abilities of the main villain in both anime are quite similar.